DHAKA: Separatist leader Aleksander Borodai said on Saturday that the black boxes belonging to the downed Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine had not been found. ‘The black boxes have not been found and we are not touching the site,’ said Borodai, prime minister of the self-styled

DHAKA: Nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing across the Gaza on Saturday afternoon, raising the toll in 12 days of violence to 333. Palestine medics said, reports The Straits Times. The new deaths included a fifth member of the Zuweidi family killed in northern Gaza’s Beit

DHAKA: A van carrying flammable liquid rammed into a bus in China early Saturday, sparking a fiery explosion that left 38 people dead, state media reported. Both drivers were among the fatalities in the accident in Hunan Province, according to Xinhua news agency. Five people were

DHAKA: Diplomats have agreed a four-month extension to the deadline for an agreement between Iran and world powers on Iran's nuclear programme. The US says it will unblock $2.8bn in frozen Iranian funds, in return for Iran continuing to convert its stocks of 20%-enriched uranium into

DHAKA: Israel has warned it could "significantly widen" a Gaza land offensive but was cautioned by its main ally, the United States, about the risks of further escalation as Palestinian civilian deaths mounted. Palestinian officials said 65 Palestinians, at least 15 of them under the age

DHAKA: At least 11 fighters have been killed in a US drone strike targeting a Pakistani Taliban compound in the country's restive northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, officials said. The attack came in North Waziristan, where for the past month the Pakistani

DHAKA: At least 80 of the victims on board the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 were children, Ukrainian Interior Minister told reporters at the crash scene.  A total of 298 people - 280 passengers, 15 crew members and three infants – were killed after the Boeing 777 was allegedly shot

DHAKA: Ukraine’s emergency services have found two black boxes at the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the governor of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been quoted as saying. “Two black boxes were found by our emergency services. I have no information on

DHAKA: At least 100 leading AIDS research experts were among those killed when a Malaysian passenger jet crashed in Ukraine after being allegedly shot down on Thursday. Among them was Joep Lange, who researched the condition for more than 30 years and was considered a giant in the field,

DHAKA: About 100 soldiers, guards and employees have been killed as jihadis seized a gas field in central Syria, activists say. Militants from the Islamic State group attacked army checkpoints and seized the Shaer gas field in the desert region of Palmyra, according to Beibares Tellawi,

DHAKA: Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute. His seven-year prison sentence has now been thrown out by judges in Milan, in the so-called ‘Ruby’ case. Last year a court found that he

DHAKA: At least 264 people were killed in Gaza on the 11th day of an assault on Friday as Israel pressed a ground offensive aimed at stamping out cross-border rocket fire. The Palestinian medics said this which reports the Times of India.  An Israeli soldier was killed during the

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are to give international investigators access to the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet. The rebels vowed to secure the site and allow the recovery of bodies, the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe said. The

DHAKA: A super typhoon is heading towards southern China, where the authorities ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from the storm that has already killed at least 54 people in the Philippines. Typhoon Rammasun, which is packing winds of up to 180 kmph (112 mph), is

DHAKA: The step-grandmother of the Malaysian prime minister is one of the 43 Malaysians who are believed to have died aboard downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, The Star Online reported Friday. A family spokesperson was quoted as saying that Puan Sri Siti Amirah, the step-grandmother

DHAKA: In the history of civil aviation there have been a number of tragic incidents when passenger planes have been shot down, often accidentally, even as recently as 2001. The crash of Malaysia Airline’s Boeing-777, in which 298 have died on Thursday, may become the latest and

DHAKA: Heavily armed militants attacked a paramilitary checkpost in Jamrud area of the Khyber tribal region early Friday, killing at least eight security personnel, official sources said. Three other security personnel were also injured and the vehicle of FC forces was completely

DHAKA: An Israeli soldier was killed and two others were lightly wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday, in the course of an Israeli army ground incursion into the Strip. The soldier was apparently killed by light arms fire. He was evacuated by helicopter to the

DHAKA: After wreaking damage on the Philippines over Tuesday and Wednesday, a newly intensified Typhoon Rammasun is bearing down on Southern China. The storm, which was downgraded as it passed over the Philippines, gained strength again over the South China Sea.  Now categorized by the

DHAKA: Bolivia has lowered the legal working age to allow children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed. The law also permits 12-year-olds to be contracted to work for others. But they need parental authorisation. Vice-President Alvaro